Metal-fenestra screen support



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Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD W. PENDERY, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE HIGGIN MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIR- GINIA.

' METAL-FENESTRA Application filed April 5,

My invention relates to window screen supports particularly for use in combination with metal window frames such as are known in the art as fenestras.

It is the object of my invention to provide improvements in screen supports particularly for'the type of metal window frames in which a panel in the frame is hinged horizontally to provide a ventilating window opening, it being usual that the upper part of the panel opens inwardly, and the lower part opens outwardly. The particular objects of my improvements insuch screen supports are'the provision of supports of modified and simplified type in comparison with such screen supports as are shown in the Patents #1,100,665, #1165570, #1,165.- 671, #1223535. and #1273221, assigned to The Higgin Manufacturing Company.

In several of the above noted patents. the provision of rounded contact plates which actas screenseals is shown. While my improvements are not directed essentially to improvements in contact plates, it is with this type of window opening that my novel supports are particularly adapted.

The improvements which I have made are essentially structural, and although no new principle of operation is contemplated. my structural changes have resulted-in the provision of supports which may be made and assembled; almost entirely in the factories where the screens and fenestras are made; The object of my improvements is to provide'structures which will avoid the neces sity of much extended field work such as measurements of the fenestra prior to the manufacture of the screens, the attachment of bulky and cumbersome channels to the fenestra sash, and the avoidance of structures which will require exact fitting at the time of their installation.

In the past screen manufacturers and fenestra manufacturers have worked independently. My invention contemplates some slight change in standard fenestras which will make the work of installing and fitting screens comparatively inexpensive.

The above objects which I have suggested SCREEN SUPPORT.

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bly shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the upper or outer screen.

Figure 4 is a side elevation screen shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical section along the lines 55 in Figure 1.

' Figure 6 is a vertical section along the lines 6 6 in Figure 2. H

Figure 7, is a vertical section along the lines 77 in Figure 6. g

Figure 8 is a front elevation for the lower or inner screen. 7

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the assembly shown in Figures land 2 with the window open. 7

Figure 10 is av perspective view of the combined washer and stop for the window frame assembly which also acts as a supof the rear port for the lower screen.

Generally indicated in the drawings I have shown the metal fenestra which is composed of metal sash with mullions 1 and panes 2 of glass retained within the mullions in the rectangular areas indicated. I have shown a panel within the sash having an upper portion 3 and a lower portion 4: hinged horizontally in the, sash, the upper portion swinging inwardly and the lower portion swinging outwardly. The pivot position for theswinging window is indicated at 5 and in the type shown a flat boss 6 is welded to the sash so as to provide a support for the axis of'thewindow. Between the flat boss or plate 6. there is usually a washer which prevents the win dow from binding.

One of the features of my novel arrangement is-the utilization of this washer to serve a plurality of purposes as will be hereinafter described. The window sash is ordinarily formed of mullions such as are indicated in Figure 7, with upper strips as are indicated at 7 and lower strips as shown at 8. Between the two strips, during the manufacture thereof, 1 have caused to be inserted an L shaped piece 9 which may be secured, as by a rivet 10, which is re quired to bind the upper and lower cross members 7 and'S together. Thus, by incorporating a support for a fly screen in the assembly of the sash, I have obviated the necessity of making any attachments to the window sash at the time the screens are installed and the additional cost of inserting the L shaped pieces 9 during the construction of the sash isinconsequential.

A screen, such as is indicated generally at 11 in Figure 8, is inserted with its lower edges in the L shaped pieces as indicated in Figure 7. For the top support for the screen we have provided plns 12 or rods which are mounted within the screen frame, and I have shown knobs or handles 13 which i may be used to actuate the pins 12. I have also shown the springs 14 surrounidng the pins 12 in such manner as to exert a stress tending to force the pins outwardly. The pins are adapted to seat within the elongated slots 15 in the washers 16. The washers are preferably shaped as shown in Figure 10, having portions 17 which act as stops for the window and avoid the necessity of aux iliary chains or the like to limit the inward movements of the swinging panel. Each washer has a hole 18 which is enclosed about the axial mounting for the swinging panel, and as noted, a slot 15 for seating the screen pin 12. The elongated slot 15 provides an i interlock which will allow for slight changes in size and shape of the fenestra, and the fitting of the screen will thus be a simple task.

The screen is held in tensioned position within the -L shaped members 9 by springs 19 which are attached to the lower edge of the screen frame. Thus with window sash equipped with the lower L shaped members for seating the lower edge of the screen, and with washers such as I have; described, the installation of screens is merely a matter of starting the lower edge of the screens into the L shaped sockets and inserting the pins in the slots 15 in the washers.

The exterior screenwhich covers the upper inwardly swinging half of the window panel is mounted in eyelets 20, which are formed or attached to the sash at thetime of its initial assembly in the factory. The

- upper screen is illustrated in Figure 3, and

-it will be noted that the screen has down- Wardly projecting rods 21 which seat within the eyelets. The screen has side supporting pieces 22 which extend inwardly from the plane of the screen. At the top edge of the supports, locking plates 23 are extended, which fit within a flanged extension 2a which during the manufacture of the sash may be incorporated between the component parts of the sash. The upper screen is inserted by first starting the locking plates 23 within the flanged extensions 24 and then inserting the rods 21 within the eyelets 20. It will be observed that the lit of: the screen will thus be loose, and when the window is turned there will be a slight upward movement of the screen within the flanged extensions. The pivoted panel has a contoured contact plate 25 attached on the outer side of the panel which bears against the lower edge of "the screen as indicated in Figures 5 and 9. As the window is inclined. the contact plate bears slightly against the lower edge of the frame which causes the screen to rise slightly in its supports. This feature of my construction makes a seal wlnch 1s always tight. The seal is caused by the weight of the screen bearing against the plate 25. The screen is thus only guided in its supports and not gpetrmanently. attached. It may be removed by elevating the screen and removing the rods 21 from the eyelets and then lowering the screen so that the plates 23 will disengage the extensions as my improvements are primarily s trum tural changes, I may, within the scope of my invention, make such changes as may be considered the mechanical equivalent.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is j 1. A. metal window sashhaving a horizontally pivoted ventilating window therein, and screen supports permanently attached to the mullions of said sash, said supports comprising a lower support for an inner screen formed with L shaped pieces permanently attached between united portions of the sash, said ventilating window having a washer mounted on its pivotal axis, and said washer extended and having means in said extended portion for supporting the upper part of said inner screen.

2. In combination with a horizontally pivoted ventilating window in a metal sash, a. washer mounted on the axial pivot of said ventilating window, and means formed integrally with said washer for supporting a screen.

3. In combination with a horizontally pivoted ventilating window in a metal sash, a washer mounted on the axial pivot of said ventilating window, and means formed integrally with said washer for demountably supporting a screen.

t. A washer for the horizontal pivotal mounting of a ventilating window provided with an extended portion having means to interlock a screen.

5. A washer for the horizontal pivotal mounting of a ventilating window provided with an extended portion having means to interlock a screen, and said washer having a portion extended forming a window stop.

6. In a fenestra type metal window, a horizontally pivoted ventilating window 10 having a horizontal axial support, and a member mounted on said support having portions forming awindow stop, said member also having portions adapted to seat a screen support. 7

EDWARD W. PENDERY. 

